Originally broadcast 27/03/08 as part of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM
This is the fourth of five* podcasts looking at the Manhua! China comics now exhibition at the London College of Communication in the Elephant and Castle. Manhua! China comics now is a month long exhibition featuring the best of recent Chinese comic book art. In this episode Alex Fitch discusses the Beijing underground comics scene with creator and commentator Coco Wang.
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Panel Borders: Manhua! China Comics Now part 3 – Chihoi Lee and Hok Tak Yeung
Originally broadcast 27/03/08 as part of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM
This is the third of five* podcasts looking at the Manhua! China comics now exhibition at the London College of Communication in the Elephant and Castle. Manhua! China comics now is a month long exhibition featuring the best of recent Chinese comic book art. In this episode Alex Fitch hosts a round table discussion with curator Paul Gravett and Hong Kong artists Chihoi Lee and Hok Tak Yeung. Continue reading
Marvin Suicide : 152 – Glittering Diary Of My Life
So I was talking to this guy the other day about getting a stainless flowed manifold for my car when out of the blue he just fell over. I thought he’d fainted but after one of his colleagues tried resuscitation it became apparent the poor fellow had died. Right in front of me.
Panel Borders: Manhua! China Comics Now part 2 – Tim (TH) Yu and Mr. Clement
Originally broadcast 13/03/08 as part of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM
This is the second of four podcasts looking at the Manhua! China comics now exhibition at the London College of Communication in the Elephant and Castle. Manhua! China comics now is a month long exhibition featuring the best of recent Chinese comic book art. In this episode Alex Fitch is talking to artists Tim (TH) Yu and Mr Clement and to Jessica Potter from China Now! Continue reading
Reality Check: The Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art
Originally podcast at Sci-Fi London
What links Douglas Adams, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Andy Warhol and Damien Hirst? To try and answer this question, Alex Fitch talks to Lydia Yee, one of the curators of The Martian Museum of Terrestrial art. The Martian Museum… is an exhibtion of modern art which is currently on display at The Barbican in London and presents esoteric examples of fine art from the last 50 years in an anthropological style with a sci-fi twist.
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Peppatits: Episode 3
Julia Davis and Jessica Hynes return for another (slightly shorter than usual) episode of Peppatits. This episode was recorded on the 4th March 2008.
Marvin Suicide : 151 – I hate myself.
Very long but very good.
This episode will make you forget your troubles and realise there’s always someone more stupid and irritating than yourself.
Six Pillars – Animating Iran: Maryam Mohajer
Animation can often do what film cannot. Maryam has found her metier in animation and even though she only graduated a short while ago, she has already been shown in several international galleries and completed a residency in Austria.Maryam’s films touch on, amongst other things, the innocence of youth, the trivia of everyday life in an Iranian setting of peaceful times at war. She seems to use animation to blot out landscapes or surrounding distractions to the action that goes on between her characters. She also using a technique that keeps roughly drawn lines in constant agitation, as if the mind was up there on screen also and her simple style both in text and drawing contrasts with the complexity of the situations depicted.
We listen to music by Abjeez (slang for sister in Persian), discuss living away from your home town, animation as a trade, films in general, “The Girl With the Short Hair” Maryam’s film and more.
Panel Borders: Manhua! China Comics Now part 1 – Yishan Li
Originally broadcast 13/03/08 as part of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM
This is the first of two podcasts looking at the Manhua! China comics now exhibition at the London College of Communication in the Elephant and Castle. Manhua! China comics now is a month long exhibition featuring the best of recent Chinese comic book art. In this episode Alex Fitch is talking to artist Yishan Li, about her art, her love of the comics medium and her influences. Also: this podcast includes a recording of Paul Gravett’s introduction and tour of the opening room of the exhibition… Continue reading
Peppatits: Episode 2
Julia Davies and Jessica Hynes present an hour of comedy improvisation. This episode was recorded on the 26th February 2008.